Is that a drawing? Hyperrealistic art that looks like photographs

Posted on 22 March 2018

Hyperrealism evokes the illusion of photography. Artists who create hyperrealistic art are precision-oriented in their practice, creating artworks that make you do a double take. Art.co.za found some South African and African artists who have mastered their skill.

Ruan Huisamen

Self-taught artist Ruan Huisamen's charcoal portraits show a mastering of the human form. He creates his works by starting with the traditional grid-form, dividing large drawings into smaller workable grids. "Each individual piece reacts to one another, combining to create the illusion of depth and the three-dimensionality of form," says Huisamen.